From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A large bear labeled "Inflation" lies on its stomach on the ground eating dollar bills. A man labeled "Govt. [government] spokeman" stands on the bear's back wiping the dust from his...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Newly elected President Richard Nixon is shown walking at the head of a closely following crowd of men labeled "Cabinet." Interior Secretary Walter Hickel lags behind the crowd,...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Hubert H. Humphrey, dressed in cowboy attire, rides a snorting, bucking donkey, with its hind legs and hindquarters in the air. Beneath the donkey's suspended hind legs is a cloud...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A hunter wearing a plaid coat and a billed cap holds a smoking shotgun. On his hat is a button that reads "Romney," and he is standing beside a sign that says "Now -- deer open...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In a toy store, a little boy sits on Santa's lap and asks, "When will I see my daddy again?" On the floor next to Santa's chair, Runtz's signature cat holds up a newspaper with the...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two fish (one with spectacles) watch as a box labeled "Hi-test nerve gas--Caution" sinks from where it has been dropped into the water from a boat. The fish with spectacles shows...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Fidel Castro sits at a desk and bangs his fist down on the desktop. He spits out his cigar as he reads the headline of the newspaper on his desk: "American expatriates now flock to...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man holding a picket sign labeled "Bring down imports" sits on one end of the lever of a see-saw, holding his end down on the ground. The other end of the see-saw has a box labeled...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Fidel Castro is shown smoking a cigar labeled "Influence." An arm labeled "Brazil" uses scissors to cut the cigar in half at the same time that a thrown rock hits Castro on the back...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Uncle Sam walks past a sign post on which are two signs pointing in opposite directions. The sign that points in the direction Uncle Sam is walking reads "Nuclear non-proliferation...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Richard Nixon works hard to pump air into the front tire of a car with a license plate that reads "Asia." The tire is labeled "Vietnam." At the same time the other front tire,...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Rintz. A moth with stars on the forewings and stripes on the hindwings has flown very close to the flame of a tall candle and has been singed. The light field radiating from the candle has...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. With one hand, Richard Nixon holds a piece of paper labeled "Exchange of visits." With his other hand, he gestures toward an outline of Charles de Gaulle and says, "My friend, the...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A ticker tape machine sits on a table near an open window. It has dispensed yards of punched tape, which are in a pile on the floor. Above it are the words...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. The scene is an artist's studio. A painting of the U.S. Capitol dome is on the easel and is labeled, "The Capitol scene." The drape is hanging from one edge of the painting. In the...

cartoon by Vic Runtz; A worried looking American eagle has alighted on a branch. It drips blood labeled "Staggering waste in defense spending" from its breast. Below the branch a bear looks intently at the eagle. In the lower right corner, a cat...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Melvin Laird, running, carries a board labeled "Board to examine role of military" toward the edge of a cliff. There is a gap between this part of the cliff and the other side, on...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Gerald Ford is walking to school, bundled up against cold winter weather, carrying his school books. The schoolhouse is in the background. Ford looks over his shoulder at the lamb...